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Trump and Trudaeu (and Macron, Merkel and Modi) appear at the G7 and Trump is expected to take his seat, but since he doesn't want to discuss climate warming, he doesn't show up, giving as his ...
by Francois LAmericain
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on Thu Oct 24, 2019 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Donald Trump has been hitting the briefing books and provided a tour de force Monday on the history of why Russia was kicked out of the erstwhile Group of Eight, or G-8, which is now the G-7. It wasn't because Russian President Vladimir Putin forcibly...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Mon Aug 26, 2019 at 10:05 AM PDT
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It is a pleasing thought that Trump might be convicted for bribery for proposing Russia’s readmission to the Group of 7 in exchange for the GRU’s help in the 2016 Presidential election. However,
by blackpete
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on Mon Jun 11, 2018 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Wikipedia “A typical use of the wink is to quietly send a message that third parties are not aware of. For example, while person A is lying to person B or deliberately teasing them, they might wink at person C as a means of indicating the fact to C...
by durrati
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on Sat Jun 09, 2018 at 04:37 AM PDT
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Dear President Obama,
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And...
by Marina Asbury
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on Sat Dec 24, 2016 at 04:52 PM PST
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A half century ago a slice of the people's magic , was served in this song by Sam Cooke in '63.
And for the record, where in the world is President Obama today. And what is he doing? Let ...
by empireport
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on Tue Jun 18, 2013 at 12:20 AM PDT
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The GCHQ, sister organization to the NSA, set up a surveillance apparatus at the G20 convention held in London in 2009 and worked together the the NSA to target various delegates, including some ...
by joanneleon
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on Sun Jun 16, 2013 at 03:34 PM PDT
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Austerity has failed everywhere it’s been tried, not least in Northern Ireland. Budget cuts at home have hit domestic demand just as budget cuts to the south have hit foreign demand. (Whether it ...
by eXtina
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on Fri May 31, 2013 at 02:05 PM PDT
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It's time for the latest episode of Don't Just Sit There - Do Something! (see video below)
This one is all about the links between climate, air pollution, and our health --- things to keep in mind ...
by Dont Just Sit There DO SOMETHING
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on Mon Jul 23, 2012 at 12:30 PM PDT
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That means Intellectual Property Rights, by which you, yes, you reading this, are to be known as a criminal and possibly taken to court for downloading music or movies, knowing how to decrypt DVDs ...
by Mokurai
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on Sun May 20, 2012 at 11:31 AM PDT
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From Whitehouse.gov:
At today’s Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, President Obama announced that leaders at this weekend’s G8 meeting would devote a special session to the ...
by ericlewis0
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on Fri May 18, 2012 at 08:44 PM PDT
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More than 6,000 nurses and activists gathered at Daley Plaza in Chicago Friday to rock out with musician Tom Morello and call for a tax on financial speculation — a Robin Hood tax. This small ...
by National Nurses Movement
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on Fri May 18, 2012 at 05:17 PM PDT
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Under a president deemed worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, the will of the authoritarian tyrant caste is being written permanently into American law.
H.R. 347/S1794, otherwise known as the “...
by ZakkFlash
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on Thu Apr 19, 2012 at 07:20 AM PDT
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The deadline for the White House to nominate the next president of the [World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/] is 6 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, March 23. [The president is selected http://web.worldbank....
by joanneleon
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on Thu Mar 22, 2012 at 12:00 PM PDT
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UPDATE: If only I could have figured out how to include Rush Limbaugh, maybe this would be at least interesting?...Okay... Rush sucks! There y'a go.
Squirrel?
I've been looking for someone to ...
by EdMass
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on Tue Mar 06, 2012 at 10:24 AM PST
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With an increased amount of humans from around the globe gearing up to protest at the G8 Summit in Chicago and the Chicago government changing laws to increase penalization of protesters the White ...
by Horace Boothroyd III
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on Mon Mar 05, 2012 at 01:33 PM PST
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Gaunt figures wander like the dead through streets and alleyways, worn clothing hanging from emaciated bodies, their rough faces frozen in an image of utter desolation. Foodstuffs are sold at ...
by ZakkFlash
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on Wed Feb 29, 2012 at 10:18 AM PST
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IMHO the coolest movie, if you are a raging liberal, is right on YouTube . You can watch it all online. An HBO film, the Girl ...
by webranding
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on Fri Sep 02, 2011 at 10:29 AM PDT
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I just got done watching the YouTube video of the bikers pushing back the anti-Christian Westboro Baptist group. It was an example of the worst of two worlds: a religious state and a police state.
by tomazulob
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on Tue May 31, 2011 at 09:22 AM PDT
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The G8 Rulers of the World summit in France issued a declaration on Friday [May 27] underscoring the importance ...
by Joieau
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on Sat May 28, 2011 at 05:44 PM PDT
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